Woke up at 3:30 and had a little bit of coffee, drank 20 oz of water and a bagel with peanut butter. Sipped on powerade during the hour drive to the race. Had a banana about 1 hour before race. I think this combination of food is perfect for a spring

Event warmup:

Swam the entire 400m swim course. I have learned that a swim warm up is imperative for me to have a good race swim. Practiced my 180 degree turns by rolling/ backstroke technique. This tecnique worked well.

Swim

07m 41s

440 yards

01m 45s / 100 yards

Comments:

This was a good swim for me. I was relaxed; kept good form throughout; sighted pretty well. Could have gone faster. The rolling backstroke turns worked well.

What would you do differently?:

Push a little harder.

Transition 1

02m 19s

Comments:

There was a very long run from swim out to my bike; atleast 1/4 mile. I ran pretty hard during this time and cut through transition. 3rd fastest in my age group, so overall I did very well. I wasted time trying to get nutriition in my tri suit.

What would you do differently?:

Just carry my nutriion or put the nutrition in my tri suit prior to swim.

Bike

32m 36s

12.4 miles

22.87 mile/hr

Comments:

This was a very good bike for me. Fastest bike split for me ever ~21.4 MPH. Not much I would do different. The course was likely shorter than the 12.4 miles as advertised.

Transition 2

01m 15s

Comments:

A very good T2. Struggled with getting shoes on. Likely need new shoes :)

4th in my age group in T2!

What would you do differently?:

Not much.

Run

23m 10s

3.11 miles

07m 31s min/mile

Comments:

Good run for me!

What would you do differently?:

Could have pushed slightly harder, but not much.

Post race

Warm down:

Water, stretch, banana, bagel, and relax.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not much. Overall, with my current conditioning, this was almost the perfect race for me.

Last updated: 2013-08-05 12:00 AM

Swimming

00:07:41
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440 yards |
01m 45s / 100yards

Age Group:

14/133

Overall:

133/1550

Performance:

Good

Suit:

No suit

Course:

The Naperville swim course is in a psuedo pool. A very large, chlorinated pool with a fake beach at one end. The course is "M" shaped. Wave start based on anticipated finish time. Groups of 6 every 10 seconds.